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Dear Editor, As a home owner in Richmond since the 1970s, I have seen my taxes go up every year while the city services go down.

Dear Editor, Barely a year after the failed transit plebiscite, we have the regional mayors and BC Liberals re-engaging in their never-ending school yard fight, showing once again their total lack of leadership.

Dear Editor, With respect, I’m having a hard time understanding the outcry over Richmond’s trees. A comparison of the canopy from 1960, when we arrived here, and today must surely demonstrate a huge increase in trees throughout the community.

Dear Editor, As a commuter who has to drive through the Massey Tunnel daily, it is extremely frustrating to see the dozens of cars with two or more people, stuck in the regular north-bound lanes every afternoon.

Dear Editor, Re: “Six lanes and a train, get on it,” Letters , May 13. I am strongly opposed to another car bridge, as stated previously. It is absolutely useless to unload more cars into a road system which is unable to cope with the current volume.

Dear Editor, Upon receipt of my property tax notice, an information pamphlet was inserted. The pamphlet showed the typical breakdown of a property tax bill, a pie diagram indicating the distribution of our tax dollars.

Dear Editor, Richmond homeowners, you should have received your 2016 property tax notice recently. Did you look at it carefully? A little more than halfway down the page you find total taxes payable (ours is $6,222.

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